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#129962 - 12/12/04 06:10 PM
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Wow, I can't tell you how scared I am of psylium as I sit here with my protruding belly! And horrible gas. If it does'nt help you with the C as much, does it give you gas and bloating?
Also, the dosages that you listed, are those the ones you started at?
I do have some Konsyl which is psylium but haven't had the guts to try it. Do you think Metamucil is gentler?
What other SFS have you tried? What did they do to you to cause you to stop taking them?
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Wow, I can't tell you how scared I am of psylium as I sit here with my protruding belly! And horrible gas. If it does'nt help you with the C as much, does it give you gas and bloating?
Also, the dosages that you listed, are those the ones you started at?
I do have some Konsyl which is psylium but haven't had the guts to try it. Do you think Metamucil is gentler?
What other SFS have you tried? What did they do to you to cause you to stop taking them?
It did help with the gas and bloating(Didn't give me any!), mainly in the sense that it allowed me to eat more foods which normally would cause me gas/bloating. For example, I can now eat raw carrots(not too much at a time), where as without it, that would give me an attack(gas/bloating/pain), plus many other things. So I am much less bloated now. And it does help my constipation, just not as much as I'd like. Lets put it this way, using nothing but the Metamucil, I can go every other day, but small amounts/incomplete and still C. Beforehand, I could go only once a week on my own. So it is better.
I definitly started at lower dosages, I think I started at like 1/4 a dose once a day, cause I too was paranoid about how it would affect me. I upped it little by little, really slowely. As far as Konsyl, I've never tried that but I think it's more potent, so be careful with how much you start out with.
With other SFS's, I started with Citrocel, but that made me feel worse, then tried Benefiber which I tolerated ok but it didn't do anything at all, then tried Acacia which made me feel worse.
Good luck! If you do try the Metamucil, I suggest starting off with the pills so you can control how little you have at a time.
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This is just me, but I cope very well (at the moment!?) without SFS. I was horribly bloated using acacia so I stopped, the BMs continued and my bloating disappeared! So I'm rapt at the moment! 
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Hi! I also take Citracel, once a day on "normal" days and twice a day if I'm having troubles. I found that it does help a lot. I was on Metamucil at first, but it did make me severely gassy and bloated...and even more constipated. After reading the message board, I switched over to Citracel. I'm not 100 percent "unconstipated," but I am definitely more regular and my BMs are not painful anymore. I am also fairly new to the diet, though, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to stop taking Citracel if I can regulate myself through food.
At any rate, I'm only 31...so I just joke about the Citracel with family and friends who know what I'm up against. It's not really a big deal...I'm almost as used to it as taking a vitamin!
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SueAngell
#130085 - 12/13/04 06:57 AM
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Thanks for your response. Do you also take the powder form?
Doesn't it give you gas or bloat? I am also very scared to try doing this soley based on food because even with the citricel 3 times a day, I'm still not going! But lots of gas and major bloat.
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I absolutely HAVE TO take a sfs or else I'd go weeks without a BM....I take the acacia and it works wonderfully for me. Metamucil always gave me gas and bloating though.
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Kimm
#130116 - 12/13/04 08:01 AM
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Thanks for your personal take on this. I wanted to be able to manage the C without the SFS in hopes of having a flatter tummy and less gas! Even have started zelnorm, magnesium and triphala herb, flax meal to try and get a bm without the bloat and gas of an SFS.
Do you take mirelex (sp?) or anything else to get the bm, like colace? Or do you strictly stick to the SFS? How much did you need to get up to before getting the BMS? Did you go real slow?
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Beth...I had the same problem, so I caved in and bought Heather's book. I thought the diet would be too extreme to follow, and was very resistant to it until I just got so bad I couldn't stand it. Here's what I've figured out about food in the past two weeks that might help you.
1) Whole wheat triggers my stomach. Instead of D, however, I get a gurgly, uncomfortably bloated and gassy stomach. So, I started avoiding it and feel much better.
2) Dairy is a constipating trigger, too. If I MUST have it, I take a maximum dose of lactaid beforehand and then eat well for the rest of the day.
3) I definitely have problems with raw veggies. I am trying the different recipes for cooked veggies in Heather's book and am having much more luck.
4) Hot peppermint and ginger tea DO help. As does a heating pad to your belly. It helps the pain and gas.
5) And finally...I gave up caffeine, specifically, coffee. It hurt for the first week, but I think that was one of my major triggers.
Did you try to do the "what to eat when you can't eat" diet for a couple of days? As miserable as it sounds, it does settle the bloat and gas down. I think I became a believer in food as a cure after that.
Compared to the metacmucil, citracel is much, much better. I don't like taking it before I have to go out, though...I just feel a little bit bloated and full, but I think that is from the amount of liquid I take it with. I think drinking lots and lots of water helps, too...maybe really pushing the fluids will help get you started.
I hope that was a little helpful! Please write back if you have any other questions. I have to say, though, this is helping me feel a lot better, and I really do think the citracel helps keep me as regular as I can be at this point.
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SueAngell
#130140 - 12/13/04 08:49 AM
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So you take the powder form of citricel, and only once a day at night? That's only 2 grams fiber.
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I use one scoop of powder, yes...the scoop that comes with the citracel. I mostly helps by softening everything up, which is why I have such pain with my BMs. If I travel or get off my regular schedule, I need to up the dosage to 2 or 3 times a day. It seems to work for now, but I'm waiting to see a specialist and see what he has to say.
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